The process of agricultural transformation in developing economies may be characterized by a transition from subsistence farming to commercialized agriculture. In this paper, the discussion concerns Taiwan,...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: AGP93Date: January 1, 1982Author:
Wee,Ai Chin
This report is a result of the proceedings of the World Bank Third Agricultural Sector Symposium held January 4-8, 1982. This volume contains the papers presented by the speakers, chairpersons' statements,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: UNN386Date: January 1, 1982Author:
Davis,Ted J.
This study on Energy Pricing in Developing Countries: Lessons from the Egypt Study is the first comprehensive study financed by the Bank on the effects of energy price changes in a developing country....
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: EGY3Date: December 31, 1981Author:
Julius,Deanne S.
An acute shortage of foreign exchange has been a recurring problem for many developing economies. This paper reexamines the foreign exchange gap issue and the debate between structuralists and neoclassicists...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP248Date: December 31, 1981Author:
Dervis, K. ;
De Melo,Jaime A. P. ;
Robinson, S.
This article, Projecting Debt Servicing Capacity of Developing Countries, was reprinted with permission from the December 1981 issue of the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. Many less developed...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP237Date: December 31, 1981Author:
Feder,Gershon ;
Just, Richard ;
Foss, Knud ;
DRC
The purpose of this note is to suggest information considered in policy and project analysis that should be disaggregated by gender so that project design can take into account the contribution of women...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: WID15Date: December 31, 1981Author:
Scott,Gloria L.
This paper considers a model of linkage between land, labor and credit transactions in the context of sharecropping. The paper's objectives are: a) to derive and characterize the equilibrium in a model...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP216Date: December 31, 1981Author:
Braverman,Avishay ;
Srinivasan,Giridhar N.
Bogota and Cali are cities of considerable size populated by households which have fairly high incomes by the standards of the developing world. Residences are more concentrated in particular macro-zones...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: URR8120Date: December 31, 1981Author:
HAMER, A. ;
DED
This paper presents the current information and studies in the field of municipal finance in India, highlights major problem areas as well as the various attempts at resolving them. The first chapter reviews...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: UDD18Date: December 31, 1981Author:
DATTA, A. ;
URB
This press release announces the International Finance Corporation (IFC), an affiliate of the World Bank, financing the first specialized leasing company, Sogewiese Leasing, S.A. in Peru on December 16,...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 152923Date: December 16, 1981
This press release announces the Representatives of the Government of Brazil and the World Bank signed agreements for three Bank loans, amounting to $320 million, that will assist the first stage of an...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 149368Date: December 15, 1981
This press release announces the International Finance Corporation (IFC), an affiliate of the World Bank, financing on December 10, 1971, for Polisur, S.M. to increase the capacity of low-density polyethylene...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 152919Date: December 10, 1981
This press release announces the International Finance Corporation (IFC), an affiliate of the World Bank, making its first investment in the health field by helping finance sixty-four million US dollars...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 152918Date: December 9, 1981
The analysis of commodity price stabilization is extended to deal with imperfectly competitive commodity markets. The paper summarizes the analysis of the case for international price stabilization in...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: DRD32Date: December 1, 1981Author:
Newbery,David M.
Two of the most striking features of institutional credit in rural Africa since the 1960s are increases in government activity intended to provide more credit to farmers, and the size of the resource transfer...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: AGP69Date: December 1, 1981Author:
VON PISCHKE, J. ;
Rouse,Michael J. ;
AGR
This project, as part of a larger study on the use of social accounting matrices (SAMs) in agricultural sector analysis, aims to estimate an agricultural SAM for Fiji. The report first outlines the main...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: AGP53Date: December 1, 1981Author:
Throsby, C. ;
McColl, G.
Credit projects have provided substantial amounts of liquidity in rural areas and are frequently thought to produce high economic returns. However, critics have argued that the impact of these projects...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: AGP50Date: December 1, 1981Author:
VON PISCHKE, J. ;
AGR
This press release announces the International Finance Corporation (IFC), an affiliate of the World Bank, considering providing part of the equity to a major urea fertilizer project in Bangladesh, and...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 152790Date: December 1, 1981
This paper provides background material for the food security and agricultural marketing work program. It aims at developing an analytical framework based on available research and operational experience...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: AGP52Date: December 1, 1981Author:
ATENG, B. ;
AGR
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